For Katie Matthews, life held no promise of true happiness.
Handsome, rugged, and fiercely protective of four orphaned sisters, Stover Steele seemed.
To Katie, it seemed life would forever remain mundane and disappointing-until the day Stover Steele bought her father\'s south acreage.
Men didn\'t have time to dote on women-so Katie\'s father told her.
Life on the Prairie was filled with hard labor, a brutal father, and the knowledge she would need to marry a man incapable of truly loving a woman.
For Katie Matthews, life held no promise of true happiness